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<br />In re Murray Metallurgical Coal Holdings, LLCet al, Case No. 20-10390 (JEH) (Docket No. 798)
<br />(Banta. S.D. Ohio Nov. 25, 2020)................................................................................................27
<br />In re Murray Energy Holdings Co., Case No. 19-56885 (JEH) (Docket No. 2135) (Bankr. S.D.
<br />OhioAug. 31, 2020).....................................................................................................................27
<br />In re Murray Metallurgical Coal Holdings, LLCet al, Case No. 20-10390 (JEH) (Docket No. 860)
<br />(Bankr. S.D. Ohio Jan. 11, 2021)..................................................................................................27
<br />8 COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY ¶ 1141.02[b] (16th ed. 2020)................................................28
<br />Flake v. Schrader-Bridgeportlnternational, Inc., 538 Fed. Appx. 604, 613 (6th Cu. 2013) .....28
<br />Food Lion, Inc. v. S.L. Nusbaum Ins. Agency, Inc., 202 F.3d 223, 228 (4th Cir. 2000) ..............28
<br />In re Specialty Equip. Cos., Inc., 3 F.3d 1043, 1047 (7th Cir. 1993)..........................................29
<br />In re Dow Corning Corp., 255 B.R. 445,492 (ED. Mich. 2000),
<br />aff d, 280 F.3d 648 (6th. Cir. 2002).................................................................................29
<br />Nat'l Heritage Found, Inc. v. Highbourne Found, 760
<br />F.3d 344, 347 (4th Circ. 2014).....................................................................................................29
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1123(b)(3)(A)...........................................................................................................30
<br />In re Pac. Gar & Elec. Co., 304 B.R. 395 (Banta. N.D. Cal. 2004)...........................................30
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(2).................................................................................................................30
<br />Collier on Bankruptcy ¶ 1129.03 (Alan N. Resnick & Henry J. Sommers eds., 16th ed.) ..........31
<br />H.R. Rep. No. 95-595, at412 (1977)...........................................................................................31
<br />S. Rep. No. 95-989, at 126 (1978)...............................................................................................31
<br />In re Toy & Sports Warehouse, Inc., 37 B.R. 141, 149 (Banta. S.D.N.Y. 1984) ........................31
<br />In re Drexel Burnham Lambert Grp. Inc., 138 B.R. 723, 769 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1992) .............31
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(3).................................................................................................................31
<br />In re Trenton Ridge Investors, LLC, 461 B.R. 440, 466,471 (Banta. S.D. Ohio 2011) ..............32
<br />Crestar Bank v. Walker (In re Walker), 165 B.R. 994, 1001 (Banta. E.D. Va. 1994)................32
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(4).................................................................................................................33
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<br />Table of Exhibits
<br />Exhibit Declaration of Emily Young of Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC Regarding
<br />Voting and Tabulation of Ballots Cast on Debtors' First Amended Joint Plan of
<br />Liquidation Under the Bankruptcy Code (the "You- Declaration")
<br />Exhibit Declaration of Thomas Fairfield in Support of Confirmation ofFirst Amended Joint
<br />Plan of Liquidation Under the Bankruptcy Code (the "Fairfield Declaration").
<br />In re Eagle-Picherindus., Inc., 203 B.R. 256,274 (Banta. S.D. Ohio 1996) .............................33
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(5)(A)(r)-(n).................................................................................................33
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(5)(B)...........................................................................................................33
<br />In re Sentinel Management Group, Inc., 398 B.R. 281 (Bank,. N.D. I11. 2008) .........................34
<br />Bank of Am. Nat'l Trust & Say. Assn v. 203 N. LaSalle St. P'sh p,
<br />526 U.S. 434, 441 n.13(1999).........................................................................................34
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(6).................................................................................................................34
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(7).................................................................................................................34
<br />In re Drexel Burnham Lambert Grp., Inc., 138 B.R. 723, 761 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1992) ............35
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(8).................................................................................................................36
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(9).................................................................................................................36
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(10)...............................................................................................................37
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(11)...............................................................................................................37
<br />Matter of 47th andBelleview Partners, 95 B.R. 117, 120 (Banta. W.D. Mo. 1988)..................37
<br />In re Pero Bros. Farms, Inc., 90 B.R. 562, 563 (Banta. S.D. Fla. 1988)....................................38
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(12)...............................................................................................................38
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(13)...............................................................................................................38
<br />11 U.S.C. § 1129(d).....................................................................................................................38
<br />In re Augie/Restivo Baking Co., 860 E2d 515, 518 (2d Cir. 1988).............................................41
<br />In re Baker & Getty Fin. Servs., Inc., 974 E2d 712, 720 (6th Cir. 1992)...................................41
<br />In re Creditors Serv. Corp., 195 B.R. 680, 688-89 (Banta. S.D. Ohio 1996) .............................41
<br />In re Gubco Inv. Corp., 593 E2d 921 (10" Cir. 1979)................................................................41
<br />Eastgroup Properties v. Southern Motel Assn, Ltd., 935 E2d 245 (1Ith Cir. 1991) ..................41
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<br />IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
<br />FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
<br />In re_ ) Chapter 11
<br />Hopedale Mining, LLC, et al.,' ) Case No. 120-bk-12043 (GRH)
<br />(Jointly Administered)
<br />Debtors.
<br />Honorable Guy R. Humphrey
<br />MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF CONFIRMATION OF FIRST AMENDED JOINT
<br />PLAN OF ORDERLY LIQUIDATION OF HOPEDALE MINING, LLC AND ITS
<br />AFFILIATED DEBTORS UNDER CHAPTER 11 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE
<br />The above -captioned debtors and debtors in possession (collectively, the "Debtors") and
<br />the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the "Committee," and, collectively with the
<br />Debtors, the "Proponents") hereby submit this memorandum (the "Memorandum"), pursuant to
<br />Title 11 of the United States Code (the `Bankruptev Code") and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
<br />Procedure (the `Bankruptcy Procedures") in support of confirmation of the First Amended Joint
<br />Plan of Orderly Liquidation of Hopedale Mining, LLC and Its Affiliated Debtors Under Chapter
<br />11 of the Bankruptcy Code (Docket No. 529) (as may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise
<br />modified, the "Plan") and other related relief.
<br />.i The Debtors in these Chapter 11 cases are (with the last four digits of then federal tax identification numbers in
<br />parentheses): Rhino GP LLC (8619), Rhino Resource Partners LP (7517), Rhino Energy LLC (6320), Rhino Tacking
<br />LLC (8773), Rhm. Expl-tion LLC (8863), Triad Roof Support Systems LLC (1183), Springdale Land LLC (9816),
<br />McClave Canyon Mining LLC (3783), Rhino Northern Holdings LLC (1858), CAM -Ohio Real Estate LLC (1859),
<br />CAMLolorndo LLC (4269), Taylorville Mining LLC (5106), CAM Coal Trading LLC (4143), Castle Valley Mining
<br />LLC (9495), Jewell Valley Mining LLC (0270), Rhino Services LLC (3356), Rhino Oilfield Services LLC (8938),
<br />Rhino Technologies LLC (0994), CAM Mining LLC (2498), Rhino Coalfield Services LLC (3924), Hopedale Mining
<br />LLC (9060), CAM -Kentucky Real Estate LLC (9089), CAM -BB LLC (9097), Leesville Land LLC (7794), CAM
<br />Aircraft LLC (5467), Pennyrile Energy LLC (6095), Rhino Eastern LLC (1457), Rockhouse Land LLC (7702),
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